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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River."
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description: "Clinch State Scenic River. Designates a 66.8-mile segment of the Clinch River in Tazewell and Russell Counties as part of the Clinch State Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The bill provides that nothing shall preclude the continued operation and maintenance of existing dams in the designated section of river. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to SB 478."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 5"
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citation: "Virginia HB 5 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-18"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02a4f19-6192-49d1-b34f-b7dad5e4aca1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB5"
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source_hash: "300dba9feff15b95399840b3638ee73276ff7ff8c987f38c7cb6560a167c8567"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 5 (2020) — Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
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Clinch State Scenic River. Designates a 66.8-mile segment of the Clinch River in Tazewell and Russell Counties as part of the Clinch State Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The bill provides that nothing shall preclude the continued operation and maintenance of existing dams in the designated section of river. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to SB 478.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0306)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB5ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB5H2)
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4. **HB5H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB5H1)
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5. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB5)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB5)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 11-N) — **84–11** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100399D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB5)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106411D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Floor substitute printed 20106779D-H2 (Morefield)
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute rejected 20106411D-H1
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- **2020-01-27** Substitute by Delegate Morefield agreed to 20106779D-H2
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5H2
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 11-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 306 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e02a4f19-6192-49d1-b34f-b7dad5e4aca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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